From: erik_de_keyser@mickeysnotmail.com   
      
   "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   news:1103662439.69dbeefa91452fa2ead0e632cd94464b@teranews...   
   > > "Auric__"  wrote in message   
   > > news:1103637777.e1ca44e0667708b7178259c7544be741@teranews...   
   > >>   
   > >> I personally never provide a setup package, and indeed, go out of   
   > >> my way to ensure that my programs don't need one. The closest I   
   > >> get to one is sometimes providing a self-extracting archive   
   > >> instead of just a zip file.   
   >   
   > "Martin"  wrote in   
   > news:cq9k79$gcl$1@titan.btinternet.com:   
   >   
   > > Sounds like a good idea, but how would I get the VB run time files   
   > > installed on a users machine without a setup utility?   
   > >   
   > >   
   > > Regards   
   > >   
   > > Martin   
   >   
   > I leave it up to the user. I provide a little note, typically in a   
   > readme.txt file *and* on the web page they download from (if indeed   
   > they get it from my web page), that specifies what they need. I also   
   > might point to where they can download the runtimes from another web   
   > site. (In one special case, the user needs to have fm20.dll installed,   
   > and I tell them to either have Office 97 or later installed, or where   
   > to get it from MS, but that particular dll can't be redistributed.)   
   >   
   > The only exception to that is any dlls I have written myself, which I   
   > would include in the same archive as the program itself.   
   >   
   > --   
   > auric underscore underscore at hotmail dot com   
   > *****   
   > Now I just need to regen my sigmonster again...   
      
      
   Results that your programs are not keyed in the system registry...   
   How to remove them properly / how to be sure to safely delete a component that   
   is unused ?   
      
   Rgds   
   Erik   
      
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